The 2010 BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament will be held May 13-16. The 2010 host courses are Bright’s Creek Golf Club, The Carolina Country Club and Thornblade Club golf courses. All four rounds will be televised live by the Golf Channel®.

The BMW Charity Pro-Am is the only tournament on the PGA TOUR’s Nationwide Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Nationwide Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between three courses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the 14 lowest scoring pro-amateur/pro-celebrity teams advancing to play Sunday’s final round at Thornblade Club. Celebrities play once at each course on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The professional winner of the overall 72-hole event will take home $108,000 from the total purse of $600,000, which is one of the largest purses on the Nationwide Tour. Amateurs and celebrities will compete for individual prizes and cash donations to the charity of their choice out of the 99 tournament beneficiaries selected by South Carolina Charities, Inc.

The first eight tournaments have raised $7.3 million for 125+ area charities.

For more information on the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament; sponsorship opportunities, amateur playing spots or volunteerism, call (864) 297-1660 or visit the tournament’s website at www.bmwcharitygolf.com 

Carolina FC is pleased to announce that it is one of 99 charities selected from Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina to benefit from the 2010 BMW Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament.  By selling tickets, amateur playing spots, etc., as well as providing volunteer support, Carolina FC will receive a portion of the proceeds from this prestigious and highly anticipated golf event.

If you would like to sell tickets/packages for CFC, purchase tickets or packages for yourself, or volunteer during the event (May 13-16), please contact Ron Seto at ronseto@charter.net.

Here is how Carolina FC can benefit, and where you can help: 

Get ready, get set, go! CFC is now ready to sell tickets to the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament. Patron Credentials, the tournament’s general admission tickets, grant the holder access to the grounds all four days of the tournament at all three courses (where tournament play occurs) and include complimentary parking and shuttle service. The best part is that CFC gets to retain 100% of the $25 sale price of each ticket sold! The Boy Scouts sold over $15,000 of tickets last year! Can we top that?

CFC retains 100% of the $40 volunteer package fee for each volunteer who registers under our name, pays the $40 fee and volunteers a minimum of two days for the tournament. The volunteer package is mandatory for all volunteers and includes:

• One official volunteer shirt with tournament logo
• One hat or visor with tournament logo
• One volunteer pin
• Lunch, snacks and beverages during shifts, they volunteer
• One Volunteer Credential (used as a Patron Credential) for access when not volunteering)
• One Patron Credential (for a guest)
• Complimentary parking and shuttle service to the course
• An invitation to the Volunteer Appreciation Party

Click here to Volunteer Now! Online Registration is throught the BMW Charity Pro-Am web site!

Be sure to select Carolina FC as your charity of choice!

This package provides an exclusive social setting to promote our cause and to raise money for Carolina FC. CFC will receive $3,000 for every fourball sold. Package includes the following:

• Lunch and awards reception
• On-course snack and beverage stations
• Four gift packages
• The chance to win a BMW on all five par three holes
• Eight Clubhouse Credentials for the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation

The prizes for the 2010 oobe Charity Challenge Pro-Am are below (based on a full field of 28 teams): 

1st Place Foursome - $10,000 designated to Charity Organization
2nd Place Foursome - $7,500 designated to Charity Organization
3rd Place Foursome - $5,000 designated to Charity Organization
4th-28th Foursome - $3,000 designated to Charity Organization